nazi,concentration camp,world war ii,concentration camp prisoner,german officer,exhaustion,fictional language,jewish

Persian Lessons (2020)

Poster for Persian Lessons

Occupied France, 1942. Gilles is arrested by SS soldiers alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids sudden execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, but Gilles gets assigned a life-or-death mission: to teach Farsi to Head of Camp Koch, who dreams of opening a restaurant in Iran once the war is over. Through an ingenious trick, Gilles manages to survive by inventing words of "Farsi" every day and teaching them to Koch.

Cast & Crew

Director
Vadim Perelman
  • Profile picture of Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
    Gilles Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
  • Profile picture of Lars Eidinger
    Klaus Koch Lars Eidinger
  • Profile picture of Jonas Nay
    Max Jonas Nay
  • Profile picture of Leonie Benesch
    Elsa Leonie Benesch
  • Profile picture of Alexander Beyer
    Camp Commander Alexander Beyer
  • Profile picture of David Schütter
    Paul David Schütter
  • Profile picture of Luisa-Céline Gaffron
    Yana Luisa-Céline Gaffron
  • Profile picture of Andreas Hofer
    Adjutant von Dewitz Andreas Hofer

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Keywords

  • nazi
  • concentration camp
  • world war ii
  • concentration camp prisoner
  • german officer
  • exhaustion
  • fictional language
  • jewish